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100 Innovators in 100 days
Bill Nye – a simple yet effective way to help give water to everybody
Bill Nye, Calgary, AB Building a water purification system using household materials (tech focus: renewables). Team Grade Level: 7 Team Experience Level: Beginner STEM Focus: Filtirization My project is a simple yet effective way to help give water to...
CelluCoat – Using recycled fruit waste to develop a bacterial cellulose-based edible, preservative coating for fruits and vegetables
CelluCoat - University of Calgary iGEM - Calgary, AB Developing an edible preservative coating for fruit & vegetables to reduce food waste. Team Grade Level: Undergraduate Team Experience Level: Advanced STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Each year, over...
Trojan Horse – an alternative method of diagnosing biofilm-related prosthetic joint infections
Trojan Horse - University of Calgary iGEM - Calgary, AB Improving the method of diagnosis of bacterial infections in prosthetic joints. Team Grade Level: Undergraduate Team Experience Level: Advanced STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Prosthetic joint...
Beetector – DNA molecules that bind to specific targets, to act as an electrochemical biosensor to detect American Foulbrood (AFB)
Beetector - University of Calgary iGEM - Calgary, AB Building biosensors for detecting American Foulbrood bacterial infections in honey bees. Team Grade Level: Undergraduate Team Experience Level: Advanced STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Beetector is a...
Cya-No-More – A synthetic biology solution to the problem of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in Southern Alberta and around the world
University of Lethbridge iGEM - Lethbridge, AB Using genetically engineered phage-like particles to combat blue-green algae bloom Team Grade Level: Undergraduate Team Experience Level: Advanced STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Cyanobacteria are a natural part of lakes...
SNHS – an algae bioreactor to improve the environment’s air quality
Siksika High School Robotics - Siksika Nation, AB Automating algae growth for carbon sequestration to offset carbon emissions. Team Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Team Experience Level: Beginner STEM Focus: Automation We are the Siksika High School...
MMSN Solar Panels – transparent or translucent solar panels to help better the Earth
MMSN - Rundle - Calgary, AB Building an eco-friendly transparent solar panel that can be used as a window. Team Grade Level: 9 Team Experience Level: Beginner STEM Focus: Renewable Energy Our idea is to create transparent or translucent solar panels to...
FabriFuel – Developing a microbial fuel cell to improve polyester recycling
Renert High School - Calgary, AB Developing a microbial fuel cell fueled by polyester waste to improve polyester recycling Fabric waste is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue in our world today. To meet the demands of constantly changing fashion trends,...
Dia-Beatable – Developing a diabetes treatment that uses glucose-induced self-amplifying mRNA
Lethbridge High School iGEM - Lethbridge, AB Developing a diabetes treatment that uses glucose-induced self-amplifying mRNA Synthetic biology project to make our world a better place. Our 2022 project attempts to help people with diabetes through self-amplifying mRNA...
EcOxpress – Climate education & sustainable transportation app
GreenEarth Team - Toronto, ON Building a smart transportation phone app The app empowers youth with climate knowledge to start action to beat global warming. (Available in App Store) The problem is the amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by transportation being...
Food Flip – Fresh produce exchange app
Food Flip - Rundle - Calgary, AB Building a fresh produce exchange app to reduce food waste Globally ⅓ of food produced ends up unused. In Canada alone, about 2 million tonnes of edible food is wasted. On a smaller scale, we know that many people have backyard...
E-Former – Informed consumerism app
E-Former - Rundle - Calgary, AB Building a phone app for consumers to make informed decisions based on the environmental & social factors One of the greatest problems facing society today is the inability of consumers to easily obtain information about their...
